Cushion-sole.



No 848,770. PATENTED APR. 2, 1907.

' H. A. ROBERTS.

CUSHION SOLE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 3,1906.

UNITED STATES PATENT .oFFroE HARRY A. ROBERTS, OF HORNELLSVILLE, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- HALF T FRANK J. NELSON, OF'HORNELLSVILLE, NEWV YORK.

CUSHION-SOLE.

Specification of Letters Fatent.

Patented April 2, 1907.

Application filed May 3, 1906. Serial No. 314,988.

To (flier/101:1 if may emu-c7 72:

Be it known that I, HARRY'A. ROBERTS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Hornellsville, in the county of Steuben and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Cushion-Sole, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to cushion-- soles for shoes; and it has for one of its objects to provide a sole-cushion which is so designed that it maybe manufactured with a shoe as an essential part thereof or which may be made as a separate article of manufacture in the nature of a removable inner sole.

Another object of the invention is to provide a sole-cushion for shoes in which the fiber or cushioning material is compete-1y protected from the efi'ec-ts of moisture due to perspiration of the foot or the dampness that enters through the sole of. the shoe, thereby maintaining-the elasticity of-the cushioning material and preventing its becoming packed and hard.

A further object of the invention is to so arrange the cushioning material that the maximum elasticity or cushion efi'ect can be maintained throughout the entire area of the sole.

To illustrate more clearly, there is one cushion-sole construction; with which I am acquainted \vhercin'Thri fiiishioning material is secured to the iliners ole' of the shoe by a In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate one embodimentof the invention, Figure 1 is a perspective view of an inner sole with the cushion partially attached thereto. Fig. 2 is a sect-ion on line 2 3 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a transverse sect-ion on line 3 3 of Fig. 1.

. Fig. 4 is a similar view showing the welt and upper attached to the inner'sole. Fig. 5 is a sole and entirely covers the same. dlate the inner sole and the cushion is a hnmg' inner sole and stitched with perspective view of a front portion of the shoe having the cushion-sole applied thereto, and Fig. 6 is a" transverse section of the cushion applied to an inner sole.

Corresponding parts in the several figures are indicated throughout by similar characters of reference.

Referring to the drawings, 1 represents the inner sole of a shoe, which is skived around its edge to form the downwardly-turned wcltattaching flange 2. The under surface of the inner sole is slit, as indicated at 3,-to receive.

the thread for attaching the welt to the llange 2. As will be observed, the inner sole is of the usual construction. ()n the upper surface is provided a cushion 4, comprising a web or body of wool, felt, or any other material having the-dcsired elasticity. The cushion is cut to conform to the shape of the inner Interme- 5 of some suitable waterproof material, which is also cut to the exact size of the sole. This lining is preferably secured both to the sole and cushion by a suitable adhesive. The top of the cushion is covered with the same waterproof material, as indicated at 6, and facing this covering is a piece of soft flexible leather 7, that is stitched merely to the covering 6, as indicated at 8. This facing of leather is desirable, as the same stands the wear to best advantage and has the appearance of a regu- -lar shoe.

The waterproof covering 6'is made con: sider ably larger than the cushion, so that the edges thereof can be. turned down over the edges of the cushion and the edges 9 of the the upper or vamp 10,, as shown in Fig. 4. It will be observed that by this construction the turneddown edges of the covering 6 meet the edges of the lining 5, waterproof envelop around the cushion, which excludes dampness from the cushion, so that the latter will have long life. It is further to be noted that while the edges of the cushion are firmly held in place they possess the same degree of elasticity as the rest of the cushion-sole.

Furthermore, the whole cushion is flexible in a lateral direct ion-that is, parallel to the surface of the inner sole.

The welt 11 is secured to the welt-flange l on the inner sole by stitches 12 in the usual manner. These same stitches hold the vamp thus providing a complete 7 ing a marginal portion extending a. suitable 3 distance beyond the cushion and adapted to standard shoe construction, and the sanity can be applied to a shoe with no substantial increase in the cost of labor or increase in the number of steps of shoe manufacturing. The outer sole 13 is stitched to the welt in the usual manner, and between the outer solos is a filling of cork coi (indicated at 14;) V

While I have described the cushion-sole in connection with a shoe as if it were a component part thereof, it is to be understood that the invention can be carried out in connposit'ion,

nection with a removable inner solo farf shoes. In such a case the inner sole, to which the cushion is attached, is substituted by a suitable backing 15, Fig. (i such as cork composition, skived leather, or the like shaped to correspond to a shoe-solo, and the turned-down edges of the covering of the cushion are suitably secured to the said backing, as Will be readily understood.

What is claimed isg l. The combination of a backing, a cushion of suitable thickness having its edge coinciding with that of the backing, a lining of waterproof material between the cushion and backing and having its edge coinciding with that of the latter, a covering of waterproof material disposed over the cushion and having its marginal portion turned down over the edge of the cushion and lining and back ing and secured to the latt-er, and a facing of flexible material secured on the covering and of such size as to face only the portion disposed ontop of the cushion.

2. The combination of an inner solo, a. cushion disposed overthe same and having inner and its edge coincidingwith that of the latter, a

lining of waterproof material interposed between the cushion and inner solo, a waterproof covering on top of the cushion and havbe turned down over the edges of the cushion and inner solo, a facing of soft leather corresponding in size to thecushion, means for se ,curing the facing to the covering before the latter is secured over the cushion, an upper, a' welt, and stitches securing the upper and said covering at its edge between the weltand inner sole, the edge of the lining meeting said covering at the turned-down portion thereof.

3. A sole-cushion, comprising a. suitable backing, a cushion which is of substantially the same shape as the backing, a. waterproof lining between the cushion and backing, a covering of waterproof material for the cushion having its edges free of and extending downwardly overthe edges of the cushion and meeting the edgesof the lining, means for securing the edges of the covering to the said backing, and a. soft-leather facing for the covering which is stitched thereto and arranged with its edges coinciding with the edges of the cushion.

4. The combination of an inner sole, a cushion therefor, a lining of waterproof material inserted between the sole and cushion, a covering of waterpnml' material for the cushion that meets the edges of the lining and arrang fd with its edges disposed under the inner sole, a facing of flexible leather secured to,the covering, a vamp, a. welt, and a row ofgs'titches for securing the welt and 'valh'ffigethcr with the o.nshioieeovoring to the inner sole.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing my own I have hereto all ixed my signature the presence of two witnesses.

UAR R Y A. ROBERTS.

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Witnesses:

C. A. RICHARDSON, J. A. VVALLACE. 

